World News
The United Nations refugee agency warned today that Sudanese rebel infiltration inside and near camps in eastern Chad could result in the suspension of humanitarian aid to some of the 200,000 people who have fled three years of fighting in Sudan's
07:11 May 26, 2006 PST
The move follows the release, earlier this month, of one of the 11 local UN staff members who have been detained by Eritrea. The mission has been awaiting a response from the Eritrean authorities to its letters asking why they had arrested the local
06:45 May 26, 2006 PST
As the Government of Myanmar prepared to review the status of the country's most prominent democracy advocate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 10 of the past 16 years, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today agai
06:18 May 26, 2006 PST
Hamas' takeover of the Palestinian Authority, inter-factional tensions in Gaza and the new Israeli Government have produced a fresh set of challenges and opportunities for the international community, a senior United Nations official has told the S
06:11 May 26, 2006 PST
As the two week-long meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues nears its end, indigenous leaders today said they wanted a key UN human rights body to consider taking new steps to meet their concerns.
06:08 May 26, 2006 PST
'Meeting President Bush's call to better serve America's consumers, the Governor's Boutique Fuels Task Force today held an open discussion on the preliminary outline of a report to be sent to the president by the end of June.
16:47 May 25, 2006 PST
Experts on controlling money laundering are meeting May 24-26 at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington to discuss an illegal practice having a corrosive effect on economies worldwide, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean
16:39 May 25, 2006 PST
The Air Force recently notified 844 lieutenants that they would not be retained as a result of the April 2006 Force Shaping Board.
16:39 May 25, 2006 PST
As outlined before Congress in its 'Complex 2030' plan, NNSA's future path is to establish a smaller, more efficient Nuclear Weapons Complex that is able to respond to changing national and global security challenges.
16:18 May 25, 2006 PST
The Rwandan army, respected for its efficiency, discipline and care of its troops, is expanding its HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs for soldiers and civilians with help from President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
16:18 May 25, 2006 PST
Farah Agha, a Pakistani businesswoman, has completed a mentoring program with Anne Mulcahy, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Xerox, one of the world's largest document-management companies.
16:08 May 25, 2006 PST
A joint United Nations-African Union team will go to Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region to assess the needs of the AU's peacekeeping mission there after conducting wide-ranging consultations in the country's capital, UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Bra
16:08 May 25, 2006 PST
The threats that exposures to toxic chemicals pose to childhood health in North America and the need to mitigate or eliminate those exposures are outlined in a report released May 17 by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
16:08 May 25, 2006 PST
President Bush will welcome President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda to the White House May 31 to celebrate the 'excellent' relations between both countries.
15:42 May 25, 2006 PST
Their mission here accomplished, three Virginia businessmen are scheduled to arrive home today after completing their 'Ride for America's Patriots,' a 3,200-mile roundtrip motorcycle ride designed to raise money for wounded veterans.
15:33 May 25, 2006 PST
28474 - 28488 of 31899 Stories
<<
<
Next 15 World News
>
>>
Search News
Daily News
